UFC: Conor McGregor confirms his return to the UFC and his subsequent three opponents

Conor McGregor is again within the UFC. The Irish fighter introduced his return throughout his presence on the O2 Area in London to observe the boxing match between Anthony Joshua and Robert Helenius. ‘The Infamous’ (22-6) confirmed that he’ll struggle within the UFC in December in opposition to Michael Chandler (23-8) .

And he went additional. He additionally came upon that as early as 2024 he’ll step into the octagon twice extra to first measure himself in opposition to Justin Gaethje after which shut the trilogy in opposition to Nate Diaz.

“Chandler subsequent December after which Gaethje‘s BMF after which we’ll do the Nate trilogy,” McGregor claimed.

McGregor has been sidelined since he suffered a horrific fracture in opposition to Dustin Poirier in 2021. Previous to his return to competitors, ‘The Infamous’ needed to bear six months of anti-doping testing and have a minimal of not less than two unfavourable assessments (extra might be completed, they usually should all be unfavourable) as McGregor was not noted of the USADA testing pool that tracks all energetic athletes.

An energetic athlete formally registered in a contest or circuit in america doesn’t depart the management group, however in McGregor‘s case, he did, as his inactivity was going to be lengthy.

McGregor and Chandler know one another effectively. They have been the celebs of the final version of ‘The Final Fighter 31’, the UFC actuality present, which Chandler‘s workforce received. Throughout this duel, McGregor already warned that he would struggle once more in December.

For his half, the Irishman and Gaethje, a brand new BMF belt, obtained right into a spat on Twitter in early August and included a “contract” of their discussions.

“Did you signal the contract, huge man?”, Gaethje shouted at McGregor. He went from “I do not struggle somebody on steroids” to dropping that the UFC needed to match them. The Irishman was fast to throw out a “signed.”

Diaz-McGregor trilogy

The fights between Diaz and McGregor are thought-about the very best within the historical past of the UFC, on the time, they grabbed the world’s consideration for dealing with two of the most well-liked fighters.

The primary confrontation was at UFC 196 with victory for the Californian over the Irishman, however within the rematch at UFC 202, the battle within the cage went to ‘The Infamous’, which left pending a 3rd struggle.